What’s In a Name? For The Improvised Shakespeare Company, Lots of Laughs
Where is a look at some of the funniest show titles (so far)
Entries by John Moore
Jesus Christ Superstar is Reborn
From blasphemy to Broadway to banned to broadcast television, few pop-culture titles have generated the kind of buzz Jesus Christ Superstar has generated. More than 50 years since its debut, this iconic musical phenomenon is back, buoyed by a jaw-dropping 2018 reimagination that aired as a live concert on NBC and left many critics saying […]
DCPA’s Claudia Carson to Retire: A Lasting Legacy
Last week, not an hour after Claudia Carson first gathered this year’s 10 finalists for the Outstanding Lead Performer 2023 Bobby G High School Musical Theatre Awards, “it” happened – as it so often has since 2013: Competition dissolved into camaraderie right before her very eyes. “The top priority for me, the minute I meet […]
Ahrens, Flaherty and Anastasia: Legendary songwriters revisit legendary tale
What they came up with ‘is a story that is just as transporting as the source film, but in a more grown-up way’
Darko Tresnjak on how Anastasia teaches men to be better men
‘The hope that one of them survived, this magical child, is very appealing’
From the archives: STOMP as loud as you can, Denver
‘Stomp’ will be back in Denver from March 10-15 in all its explosive, syncopated glory with those incredible percussionists who treasure the old adage about…
1776: Redefining a Moment in History
Acclaimed director Diane Paulus’ personal mantra as an artist is to always expand the boundaries of theater – or why even bother? She did that when she reimagined the classic Broadway musicals Hair, Porgy & Bess and Pippin; the films Finding Neverland and Waitress, and even Alanis Morissette’s platinum-selling album Jagged Little Pill. And she’s done […]
Summit Spotlight: Yussef El Guindi, Hotter Than Egypt
An American couple’s marriage crumbles against the background of revolution
Making It Through High School with Mean Girls
For millions of us, high school was no laughing matter. More like downright grotsky. Until there was Tina. Celebrated comedy writer Tina Fey found fetch in your mom’s chest hair when she wrote the catchphrase-rich screenplay for Mean Girls, which rocketed from teen cult fave to bona-fide box-office pink in 2004, grossing more than $128 […]
Rediscovering the “Sunshine of the Spirit” in A Christmas Carol
Anthony Powell is the ghost of A Christmas Carol past, present and future. Powell, the new director of the DCPA Theatre Company’s seasonal favorite, has himself performed as an actor in five Denver Center holiday stagings going all the way back to 1992. He played Bob Cratchit three times, Old Joe once and finally, in […]